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Impact of infection control activities on the rate of needle stick injuries at a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan over a period of six years: an observational study

Published:2009-05-29 Issue:1 Volume:9 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Zafar Afia,Habib Faiza,Hadwani Roshan,Ejaz Muslima,Khowaja Khurshid,Khowaja Rozina,Irfan Seema

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases

Link

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1471-2334-9-78/fulltext.html

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